NVIDIA 6200?

[Bill Davidson]

Alfred wrote:
> Hi: The response that I got on setting up an NVIDIA 6200 AGP card was I
> should put in an ATI card! Well this is just as Buggy as doing the
> NVIDIA CARD! I'm not real rich, so I can't just keep on buying Video
> Card after video card because I'm running into problems being a Newbie!
> In Keir Thomas Book Beginning Ubuntu he talks about Installing
> Nvidia-glx and a program called nvidia-settings when you have done a
> search for nvidia-glx in synaptic. I found nvidia-glx, but not the
> nvidia-settings that he was talking about. nvidia-settings done on
> another search in synaptic was related to NV. Does anyone know what
> repository carries the nvidia-settings that are related to nvidia-glx?

I have a nivia 6200, it's a pci-express model though. It works great. 
Have you had a look at this? 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Latest_Nvidia_Dapper

> If this does not go anywhere - Then from where do we find kernel sources
> so we can try to use the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9631-pkg1.run driver that
> comes from the Nvidia Web Site in the Linux Driver area?

If you end up going this way there's another guide.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual

I haven't installed the drivers manually, so can't speak for the 
helpfulness of this guide however.

HTH,
Bill